Serum antimüllerian hormone levels best reflect the reproductive decline with age in normal women with proven fertility: A longitudinal study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 979-987

  Van Rooij, Ilse A J ^a   Broekmans, Frank J M ^a   Scheffer, Gabrielle J ^a   Looman, Caspar W N ^b   Habbema, J Dik F ^b   De Jong, Frank H ^b   Fauser, Bart J C M ^b   Themmen, Axel P N ^b   Te Velde, Egbert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AFC; AMH; FSH; Inhibin B; Reproductive aging

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLYCOPROTEIN; MULLERIAN INHIBITING HORMONE; MULLERIAN-INHIBITING HORMONE; TESTIS PEPTIDE HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTION; ULTRASOUND; BLOOD; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ADULT; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TESTICULAR HORMONES;

EID: 17044436403     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.11.029     Document Type: Article

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